From E. A. Darwin 17 [March 1874]
Summary
Reports the balloting [for Henry Parker at the Athenaeum?] went off just right.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 [Mar 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9365 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Frankland, 9 March [1874] ; letter to a member of the Athenaeum Club, 9 March [1874] ; …
- … 1874 ; and letter from John Phillips, 14 March 1874 ). Several members of the Courtenay family belonged to the Athenaeum Club ( …
- … 1874. See letter to George Bentham, 9 March [1874] and n. 3. CD and Erasmus’s nephew Henry Parker was elected a member of the Athenaeum Club …
- … the Athenaeum Club since 1861 ( Waugh [1888] ). CD had asked his friends who were members of the Club to vote for his nephew (see letter to George Bentham, 9 March [1874] ; …
To William Bowman 9 March [1874]
Summary
Urges WB to give his vote "and exert any influence which you properly can" in favour of CD’s nephew, Henry Parker, a fellow of Oriel, at the next balloting at the Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bowman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 9 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Heritage Auctions (dealers) (12 November 2020, lot 47256) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9346 |
To George Bentham 9 March [1874]
Summary
Asks GB to support the election of CD’s nephew, Henry Parker, to the Athenaeum Club.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 9 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Miscellaneous Correspondence Series) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9347 |
From J. D. Hooker 24 March 1874
Summary
"Half an answer" to CD’s query on visit of Sphinx to Hedychium gardnerianum.
Business affairs and family ill health keep him busy.
G. J. Allman will succeed Bentham as President of Linnean Society. Busk has refused.
Huxley is well.
JDH has indoctrinated Sir Stafford Northcote with his merits.
Lyell frail.
Old J. E. Gray goes on publishing.
"Is not [Thomas] Belt splendid!"
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 195–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9371 |
From J. D. Hooker 20 January 1874
Summary
An awful row at the Linnean Society. William Carruthers and Co. packed a meeting to throw out a decision of the Council. He was beaten by one vote (more than two-thirds majority needed).
Spent two hours with Lyell talking about Thomas Belt’s book [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)]: "the tropical old Glaciers beat the seance I do think".
Lyell agrees that the glacial epoch is the great geological crux of the day. Lowering of the ocean level must also be investigated.
Curious about A. C. Ramsay’s paper coming at Royal Society on 29th ["On the comparative value of certain geological ages", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 22 (1874): 145–8].
Huxley’s new book [? Critiques and addresses (1873)].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 187–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9250 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Bowman, William | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Bowman, William | (1) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| 1874 | (5) |
Descent of man in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
